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Reproductive Justice and Adolescents in a Post-Roe United States
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 35Issue 6p607–608Published in issue: December, 2022Cited in Scopus: 0The US Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson reversed nearly 50 years of legal precedent following the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. This decision was an assault on reproductive justice that disproportionately impacts adolescents and young adults. The decision allowed states to enact laws curtailing induced abortions; in some states trigger laws had been enacted prior to the overturn of Roe v. Wade leading to an almost immediate ban on abortions. Some of these laws have been enjoined from enforcement, but others have gone into effect. - Editorial
The Association between Surgeon Dissatisfaction with Infant Genital Appearance and Surgical Decision-Making Surrounding Clitoroplasty
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 36Issue 1p3–4Published online: November 3, 2022- Anne-Marie Amies Oelschlager
Cited in Scopus: 1The study “Exploring factors associated with decisions about feminizing genitoplasty in differences of sex development” by Kremen et al aimed to address if Prader stage, clitoral size, parental uncertainty, anxiety, depression, or dissatisfaction with genital appearance correlated with surgical decision-making in children under age 2 with a difference of sex development (dsd). Most of the 58 children were diagnosed with 46 XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and all but 5 underwent surgery before age 2. - Editorial
Early Puberty in Girls—What Do We Know in 2022?
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 35Issue 5p521–522Published in issue: October, 2022- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0I remember 1997. Early puberty was THE topic of discussion among pediatric and adolescent gynecologists, adolescent medicine physicians, and pediatric endocrinologists. That year, Marcia Herman-Giddens published the landmark study entitled “Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: a study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings network.” The study included the findings that at age 8, 48.3% of African American girls and 14.7% of white girls had at least 1 sign of pubertal development, earlier than was suggested in standard pediatric textbooks.
